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babylonsister

(170,963 posts)
Sat Oct 9, 2021, 12:04 PM Oct 2021

Unvaxxed Allen West Has COVID Symptoms, Takes Unproven Meds

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Unvaxxed Allen West Has COVID Symptoms, Takes Unproven Meds
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A day before West’s vaccinated wife got the virus, the Texas gubernatorial candidate spoke to a packed indoor crowd of unmasked supporters.
Tracy Connor
Published Oct. 09, 2021 10:32AM ET

Right-winger Allen West has suspended in-person events for his Texas gubernatorial campaign because he developed COVID symptoms after his wife tested positive.

In a Saturday morning Twitter thread, the Trump-loving ex-congressman said he has not gotten the COVID vaccine but is “already taking Hydrochloroquine and Ivermectin protocols”—two unproven drugs popular with the anti-vaxxer crowd.

“After taking COVID and flu shots, Angela West tested positive for COVID yesterday, Friday,” the tweet said.

“Col. West is experiencing a low grade fever and light body aches. Out of concern for public health, Col. West is suspending in-person events until receiving an all-clear indication.”

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/allen-west-has-covid-symptoms-takes-hydrochloroquine-and-ivermectin?ref=home
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Unvaxxed Allen West Has COVID Symptoms, Takes Unproven Meds (Original Post) babylonsister Oct 2021 OP
I'm rooting for the virus in this case. roamer65 Oct 2021 #1
You're not alone and Ilsa Oct 2021 #6
me too gopiscrap Oct 2021 #10
West won't contract Malaria or have worms. ProudMNDemocrat Oct 2021 #2
"Out of concern for public health"? PatSeg Oct 2021 #3
Softly and tenderly, Herman is calling... Blue Owl Oct 2021 #4
One of the greatest posts ever! Ilsa Oct 2021 #7
Calling "O fibber, come home" tanyev Oct 2021 #15
+1 dalton99a Oct 2021 #25
I like this one LeftInTX Oct 2021 #28
His wife seems to have more sense than him. I mean at least... brush Oct 2021 #5
It's too late if you catch covid. The vaccine will do nothing. Lochloosa Oct 2021 #8
Wonder if the vaccine helps if you're already positive for covid? Mariana Oct 2021 #17
You go, Allen! Keep doing your own research! Don't listen to those snobby "doctors"!! hatrack Oct 2021 #9
Oh my! tanyev Oct 2021 #11
Allen, you have my worthless thoughts and prayers packman Oct 2021 #12
But Greg Abbott is scared of this idiot LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2021 #13
fuck him hope he dies gopiscrap Oct 2021 #14
Well, ... bye! FakeNoose Oct 2021 #16
Merck owns Ivermectin and says it does not work in humans for Covid. KentuckyWoman Oct 2021 #18
Low grade fever and light body aches. Iggo Oct 2021 #19
This message was self-deleted by its author Equomba Oct 2021 #20
I hope it's torture on him. Tommy Carcetti Oct 2021 #21
I hear good things about bleach and powerful lights too. LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2021 #22
Wishing him a speedy recovery! Equomba Oct 2021 #23
Nominated for Herman Cain Award budkin Oct 2021 #24
Betcha he's already gotten Regeneron dalton99a Oct 2021 #26
He has LeftInTX Oct 2021 #30
Oh no! Equomba Oct 2021 #27
"...COVID pneumonia, not serious." babylonsister Oct 2021 #29
Of course not! He's at 89 blood level oxygen, anything less than 92 is serious. Equomba Oct 2021 #31

brush

(53,471 posts)
5. His wife seems to have more sense than him. I mean at least...
Sat Oct 9, 2021, 12:17 PM
Oct 2021

she got the vaccine. Wonder if the vaccine helps if you're already positive for covid?

Boy, with Abbott and West, they've got some real winners in Texas gubernatorial politics.

 

packman

(16,296 posts)
12. Allen, you have my worthless thoughts and prayers
Sat Oct 9, 2021, 12:28 PM
Oct 2021

to go along with your worthless Hydrochloroquine and Ivermectin protocols.

My mommy told me "If you don't have anything nice to say about a person, keep your mouth shut"

So, I'll shut up

KentuckyWoman

(6,666 posts)
18. Merck owns Ivermectin and says it does not work in humans for Covid.
Sat Oct 9, 2021, 01:04 PM
Oct 2021

These people won't listen to science. They won't even listen to the big Pharma company that produces the drug. If there were every any proof you can't have a conversation with these people, this is it.

Iggo

(47,487 posts)
19. Low grade fever and light body aches.
Sat Oct 9, 2021, 01:05 PM
Oct 2021

If I was the suspiciousalistical-type, I’d say that sounds a lot like day two after the Moderna vaccine.

Response to babylonsister (Original post)

 

Equomba

(197 posts)
27. Oh no!
Sat Oct 9, 2021, 09:10 PM
Oct 2021

Texas Republican gubernatorial candidate Allen West, who is not vaccinated against COVID-19, tweeted on Saturday that he may be admitted to the hospital after a chest X-ray showed he has pneumonia caused by the virus.

“There’s a concern about my oxygen saturation levels, which are at 89 and they should be at 95,” West tweeted, adding in a follow-up tweet, “My chest X-rays do show COVID pneumonia, not serious. I am probably going to be admitted to the hospital.”

https://www.texastribune.org/2021/10/09/texas-allen-west-candidate-governor-coronavirus/

 

Equomba

(197 posts)
31. Of course not! He's at 89 blood level oxygen, anything less than 92 is serious.
Sat Oct 9, 2021, 09:44 PM
Oct 2021

At the time I posted this, I didn't notice another thread on the topic. I posted there that

“We give supplemental oxygen to patients to maintain blood oxygen saturation of 92% to 96%. It’s important to note that only patients on supplemental oxygen benefit from the life-saving effects of glucocorticoids,” Sotoodehnia said. “On average our hypoxemic patients had an oxygen saturation of 91% when they came into the hospital, so a huge number of them were already well below where we would’ve administered life-saving measures. For them, that care was delayed.”

The study's primary measure was all-cause in-hospital mortality. Overall, 197 patients died in the hospital. Compared to those admitted with normal blood oxygen, hypoxemic patients had a mortality risk 1.8 to 4.0 times greater, depending on the patient’s blood oxygen levels. Similarly, compared to patients admitted with normal respiratory rates, those with tachypnea had a mortality risk 1.9 to 3.2 times greater.

https://newsroom.uw.edu/news/covid-19-mortality-linked-signs-easily-measured-home

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